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    John of Japan reacted to OnlyaSinner's post in the thread Translation Terminology with Haha Haha.
    As nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.
    As I recall, that movie was a modernized version of the original "Cyrano de Bergerac" play.
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.
    authorial intent: the meaning the author intended to convey. In Bible translation, this is in opposition to Eugene Nida's "reader...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.
    I think that a truly educated person does not need such language to communicate. There is a famous scene in the play “Cyrano de...
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    John of Japan reacted to Deacon's post in the thread Translation Terminology with Wow Wow.
    I'm an old hospital nurse, you'd be shocked at the language that we tolerate...both with patients and among colleagues. Rob
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.
    Good story. Alas, respect language is fading away in modern American English. I'm appalled at the filthy language--taboo language--seen...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.
    Thank you, Jerome. ("Thanks" is respect language.) This is a very helpful video. I was brought up to say "Yes sir, no sir" and Yes...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.
    respect language: Also called honorific language, this points to words used to address someone of either higher or lower status in...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.
    etymology: the study of how the meaning of a word develops and changes over time. Also called “historical linguistics.” historical...
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    John of Japan reacted to Deacon's post in the thread Translation Terminology with Like Like.
    idiom, or idiomatic expression, is a combination of words whose meanings cannot be understood by adding up the meanings of the parts...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.
    Actually, I goofed. I should have written hapax legomenon, which is the singular, rather than the plural hapax legomena. I mix those up...
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    John of Japan reacted to Logos1560's post in the thread Has English Degraded? with Like Like.
    Perhaps they merely illustrate how much Middle English or Early Modern English retained or followed Latin grammar since imprecise Early...
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    John of Japan reacted to Logos1560's post in the thread Has English Degraded? with Like Like.
    James Moses Grainger wrote: “The use of the subjunctive in the King James Version is characterized by great looseness and irregularity...
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    John of Japan reacted to Mike B's post in the thread Translation Terminology with Like Like.
    Since I've been a member of the BB forums, I have become thankful for Google's dictionary. Honestly, if someone walked up to me and...
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    John of Japan reacted to Mike B's post in the thread Translation Terminology with Like Like.
    My dad used to say: "Faster than a turpentined cat". I believe this was based on an experience that did not go well for the cat. Also...
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